A bear was walking across Rainbow Bridge (Old Hwy 40 at Donner Summit, Truckee) on Saturday when two cars also crossing the bridge scared the bear into jumping over the edge of the bridge. Somehow the bear caught the ledge (see unbelievable photo, above) and pulled itself to safety. Authorities decided that nothing could be done to help Saturday night so they returned Sunday morning to find the bear sound asleep on the ledge.
After securing a net under the bridge the bear was tranquilized, fell into the net, lowered, then woke up and walked out of the net.
There is a moral to this story you know...This old bear made a wrong move and found he was hanging by his nails. Somehow he was able to pull himself up onto the ledge where he saw he was in a very bad, impossible situation and what did he do? Yep, he took a nap and sure enough the situation took care of itself while he was asleep. The moral is that when confronted with a bad situation sometimes the best solution is...take a nap!!! :)
Awesome pictures, glad to see he is alright.
ReplyDeleteWow Marian - this is just an hour from my house but I don't remember the story. I noticed the photos are dated 2007 but it didn't ring any bells. Nice to hear it had a happy ending thanks to the workers who took the time and effort to help that poor fella out.
ReplyDeleteIncredible!! That is so amazing!! What amazing pictures, and such a gorgeous area! Wow!
ReplyDeleteThanks guys for coming by....glad the bear had a happy ending also...and gosh, an hour from your house...how cool is that, Live to Hunt?? :)
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